Officium Beatae Mariae Virginis S. Pii V. Pontificio Maximi Jesse editum, et urbani VIII.
A$3,500 · Offered by Douglas Stewart Fine Books
Venice : Balleoni, 1754. Octavo, magnificent contemporary à la cire binding of interlaced coloured calf with elaborate foliated gilt tooling, the interlacing infilled with dark brown wax paint; spine in compartments with raised bands, extensively tooled in gilt, two working metal clasps; all edges gilt; marbled endpapers, engraved title-page, pp. xxiv, 456; copperplate engraved illustrations; a fine copy. A finely bound Italian prayer book of the eighteenth century with elaborate entrelac design.
- Binding: Hardcover
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